The console uses a certificate signed by PE's built-in certificate authority (CA). Since this CA is specific to PE, web browsers don't know it or trust it, and you have to add a security exception in order to access the console. You may find that this is not an acceptable scenario and want to use a custom CA to create the console's certificate.

Before you begin

You should have a X.509 cert, signed by the custom party CA, in PEM format, with matching private and public keys.

If your custom cert is issued by an intermediate CA, the CA bundle needs to contain a complete chain, including the applicable root CA.

The keys and certs used in this procedure must be in PEM format.

Retrieve the custom certificate's public and private keys, and, for ease of use, name them as follows:

public-console.cert.pem

public-console.private_key.pem

Add the files from step 1 to /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/console-services/certs/.

If you have a split install, this directory is on the console node.

Use the console to edit the parameters of the puppet_enterprise::profile::console class.

Click Classification, and in the PE Infrastructure group, select the PE Console group.

On the Configuration tab, in the puppet_enterprise::profile::console class, add the following parameters: